Licenses and Certifications

Active Medical Licenses – Active, Unrestricted, Permanent, Medical Licenses
Texas; Arizona; California; Colorado;
Florida; Illinois; Maryland;
Massachusetts; Missouri; New Jersey;
New York; Ohio; Pennsylvania;
Washington 

Professional Societies:

1. American Association for the Advancement of Science
2. American  Society for Peripheral Nerve
3. Plastic Surgery Research Council
4. Houston Society of Plastic Surgeons
5. Houston Neurological Society
6. Houston Surgical Society
7. Texas Medical Association
8. American Board of Plastic Surgeons
9. The International Society for Brachial Plexus and Peripheral Nerve Injury

Inventions and Patents:

1. USA Patent Number 6749616
   Surgical system for repairing and grafting severed nerves and methods of repairing and grafting severed nerves
   June 14, 2004.
   
   
2. USA Patent Number 7173122
   Antisense oligonucleotides to type I procollagen
   February 6, 2007.

Awards:

1. First place presentation, Resident Paper, St. Louis Society of Plastic Surgeons, 1993
   
2. Research Award by Baylor-Zeneca Alliance for Development of Theraeup Therapeutic Target Molecule for Scar Reduction in Humans, $10,000
3. Peer-Nominated America’s Top Doctors (Castle- Connolly Publications) Years 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
4. Peer- Nominated Houston’s Top Doctors (H-Texas magazine) Years 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
5. Peer- Nominated Houston’s Top Doctors for Children (H-Texas magazine) Year 2006

Books

1.   Nath, RK. Obstetric Brachial Plexus Injuries; The Nath Method of Diagnosis and Treatment. VBW Publishing, College Station, TX- 2007.
ISBN: 978-1-58939-970-9

 

Book Chapters

1. Nath RK.  Fetal Wound Repair Manual:  Protocol and Procedure Manual of the Wound Repair and Regeneration Laboratory, Washington University in St. Louis, Division of Plastic Surgery. 278 pages. 1992
2. Nath RK and Mackinnon SE.  “Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy:  The Controversy continues”.  Chapter in Clinics in Plastic Surgery, Update on Hand Surgery, 1996
3. Nath RK and Mackinnon SE.  “Management of Neuromas in the Hand”.  Chapter in Hand Clinics, The Painful Hand, 1996
4. Nath RK and  Mackinnon SE.  “Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy”.  Chapter 111, pp.556-579, Plastic Surgical Secrets, Weinzweig J (ed), Hanley and Belfus, Inc. Philadelphia, PA – 1998
5. Nath RK and Mackinnon SE.  “Peripheral Nerve Injuries”.  Chapter 102, pp.524-527, Plastic Surgical Secrets, Weinzweig J (ed.), Hanley and Belfus, Inc., Philadelphia, PA – 1998
6. Nath RK and Mackinnon SE.  “Peripheral Nerve Regeneration”.  Chapter 12, pp.201-216  Tissue Engineering:  Applications in Maxillofacial Surgery and Periodontics, Lynch SE, Genco RJ and Marx RE (eds.), Quintessence Publ. Co., Inc., Chicago - 1999
7. Nath RK and Mackinnon SE.  “The Experimental Basis for Nerve Repair-Clinical Application”.  Chapter in The Facial Nerve, May M (ed.), 1999
8. Nath RK and Mackinnon SE.  “Peripheral Nerve Injuries”.  Chapter 17, pp.105-109, Hand and Wrist Surgery Secrets, Weinzweig J (ed.), Hanley and Belfus, Inc., Philadelphia, PA - 1999.
9. Nath RK and Mackinnon SE.  “Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy”, Chapter 26, pp. 155-159, Hand and Wrist Surgery Secrets, Weinzweig J (ed.), Hanley and Belfus, Inc., Philadelphia, PA - 1999.
10. Nath RK.  Median Nerve Entrapment in the Forearm.  Chapter 5, Peripheral Nerve Compression Syndromes in the Upper Extremity, Alnot Y and Mackinnon SE (eds.) Thieme Medical Publishers, New York, 2002

 

Peer-Reviewed Publications

 

1. Miller VT, Nath R, Kwaan HC, and Nishiura B.  Reproducibility of Two In Vivo Tests of Platelet Function.  Thrombosis Res 1988 15;52 (6): 507-15.
2. Kumar K, Wyant GM, and Nath R.  Deep Brain Stimulation for Control of Intractable Pain in Humans, Present and Future:  A Ten-Year Follow-Up. Neurosurgery 26:774-782, 1990
3. Kumar K, Nath RK, and Wyant GM.  Treatment of Chronic Pain by Epidural Spinal Cord Stimulation:  A Ten-Year Experience.  J Neurosurg 75:402-407, 1990
4. Brown PS, Nath RK, Votapka T, Slaughter M, Meyers SN, Talano JV,  and Joob A.  Traumatic ventricular septal defect and disruption of the descending thoracic aorta.  Ann Throrac Surg 52:143-4, 1991.
5. Kumar K, Nath RK, and Wyant GM.  Spinal cord stimulation for management of chronic intractable pain.  Modern Neurosurg 51:329-40, 1991.
6. Nath RK, Parks W, Markham H, and Weeks PM.  Collagen regulation in fetal skin wounds.  Surg Forum 43:497-499,1992.
7. Nath RK and Weeks PM.  Fetal wound repair:  A new direction. Plast Reconst Surg 91:922-4, 1993.
8. Nath RK, LaRegina M, Markham H, and Weeks PM.  The expression of transforming growth factor, subtype beta in fetal and adult rabbit skin wounds.  J Ped Surg 29:29:416-421, 1994.
9. Nath RK, Mackinon SE, and Weeks PM.  Ulnar nerve transection as a complication of two-portal endoscopic carpal tunnel release:  A case report.  J Hand Surg  18A:896-898, 1993.
10. Nath RK, Parks W, Markham H, Hunter Da, Mackinnon SE, and Weeks PM.  Regulation of collagen type I in fetal skin wounds:  mRNA localization and analysis.  J Ped Surg 29:855-862, 1994.
11. Nath RK, Jensen J, and Weeks PM. Temporally Variable Induction of Homeobox Gene D11 during Wound Repair in the Fetal Mouse Limb.  Surg Forum 46: 682-684, 1995.
12. Kumar K, Nath RK, Nair CPV and Tchang SP.  Symptomic epidural lipomatosis secondary to obesity:  A case report.  J Neurosurg 85: 348-350, 1996.
13. Choi PD, Nath RK, and Mackinnon SE.  Iliohypogastric, ilioinguinal, and genitofemoral neuropathy following abdominal surgery:  A case report.   Ann Plast Surg 37:60-65, 1996
14. Kumar K, Toth C, and Nath RK.  Spinal cord stimulation for chronic pain in peripheral neuropathy.  Surg Neurol  46:363-369, 1996.
15. Kumar K and Nath RK.  Spinal cord stimulation is effective in the management of reflex sympathetic dystrophy.  Neurosurgery  40: 503, 1997.
16. Nath RK, Mackinnon SE, Jensen J, and Parks WC.  Spatial pattern of type 1 collagen expression in injured peripheral nerve.  J Neurosurg 86: 120-127,1997.
17. Nath RK, Mackinnon SE, and Shenaq SM.  New nerve transfers following peripheral nerve injuries.  Oper Techn Plast Reconstr Surg 4:2-11, 1997.
18. Kumar K, Toth C, Nath RK, Verma AK, and Burgess JJ.  Improvement of limb circulation in peripheral vascular disease using epidural spinal cord stimulation:  a prospective study.   J Neurosurg  86:662-69, 1997.
19. Kumar K, Toth C, and Nath RK.  Deep brain stimulation for intractable pain:  A 15-year experience.  Neurosurgery  40: 736-746, 1997.
20. Nath RK, Kwon B, Mackinnon SE, Jensen JN,Reznik S, and Boutros S.  Antibody to transforming growth factor-beta reduces collagen production in injured peripheral nerve.  Plast Reconst Surg 102, 1100-1108, 1998.
21. Nath RK, Kraemer BA, Azzizadeh A.  Complete ear replantation without venous anastomosis.  Microsurgery 18:282-285-1998.
22. Nath RK, Jensen JN, and Weinfeld AB.  Collagen type 1 blockade with antisense oligonucleotide DNA.  Surg Forum 49, 1998.
23. Kumar K, Toth C, Nath RK and Lain P.  Epidural spinal cord stimulation for treatment of chronic pain-some predictors of success.  Surg Neurol 50: 110-121, 1998.
24. Shenaq SM, Berzin E, Lee R, Laurent JP, Nath RK, and Nelson MR.  Brachial plexus birth injuries and current management.  Clin Plast Surg 25: 527-536, 1998.
25. Kim ED, Scardino PT, Hampel O, Mills N, Wheeler TM and Nath RK.  Interposition of sural nerve to restore function of cavernous nerves resected during radical prostatectomy.  J Urol  161: 188-192, 1999.
26. Boutros S, Nath RK, Yuksel E, Weinfeld A and Mackinnon SE.   Transfer of Flexor Carpi Ulnaris Branch of the Ulnar nerve to the Pronator Teres Nerve:  Histomorphometric Analysis.  J Reconstr Microsurg 15:119-22, 1999.
27. Nath RK and Mackinnon SE.  Nerve transfers in the upper extremity.  Hand Clinics  16: 131-139, 2000.
28. Kim ED, Scardino PT, Kadmon D, Slawin K, Nath RK.  Interposition sural nerve grafting during radical retropubic prostatectomy.  Urology 57:  211-216, 2001.
29. Canto EI, Nath RK, and Slawin KM.  Cavermap-assisted sural nerve interposition graft during radical prostatectomy.  Urol Clin N Am  28: 839-848, 2001.
30. Weinfeld AB, Cheng J, Nath RK, Rose J, Hunter DA and Mackinnon SE.  Topographical mapping of the superior transverse scapular ligament: a cadaver study to facilitate suprascapular nerve decompression.  Plast Reconstr Surg 1: 110 (3): 774-779, 2002.
31. Slawin KM, Canto EI, Shariat SF, Gore JL, Kim E, Kattan MW, Wheeler TM, and Nath RK. Sural Nerve Interposition Grafting during Radical Prostatectomy. Rev Urol. 2002 Winter;4(1):17-23.
32. Shenaq SM, Kim JY, Armenta AH, Nath RK, Cheng E, and Jedrysiak A. The Surgical Treatment of Obstetric Brachial Plexus Palsy. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2004 Apr 14;113(4):54E-67E.
33. Nath RK, Lyons AB and Bietz G. Physiological and clinical advantages of median nerve fascicle transfer to the musculocutaneous nerve following brachial plexus root avulsion injury. J Neurosurg 105: 1-5, 2006 (Lead article).
34. Nath RK, Melcher SE and Paizi M. Surgical correction of unsuccessful derotational humeral osteotomy in obstetric brachial plexus palsy: Evidence of the significance of scapular deformity in the pathophysiology of the medial rotation contracture. J Brachial Plex Peripher Nerve Inj. 2006,1:9. DOI: 10.1186/1749-7221-1-9
35. Nath RK and Paizi M. Scapular deformity in obstetric brachial plexus palsy: a new finding. Surg Radiol Anat. 2007 (29)2: 133-140. DOI: 10.1007/s00276-006-0173-1
36. Nath RK, Xiong W, Humphries AD and Beri RK. Treatment with Antisense Oligonucleotide Reduces the Expression of Type I Collagen in a Human Skin Organ Wound Model: Implications for Anti-Fibrotic Gene Therapy. Ann Plast Surg (In Press): 2007.
37. Nath RK and Paizi M. Improvement in abduction of the shoulder after reconstructive soft-tissue procedures in obstetric brachial plexus palsy. J Bone Joint Surg Br 89-B (5): 620-626, 2007. DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.89B5.18403  
38. Nath RK and Melcher SE. Rapid recovery of serratus anterior muscle function after microneurolysis of long thoracic nerve injury. J Brachial Plex Peripher Nerve Inj. 2007, 2:4. DOI: 10.1186/1749-7221-2-4.
39. Nath RK, Paizi M, Melcher SE and Farina KL. Upright MRI Imaging of Glenohumeral Dysplasia Following Obstetric Brachial Plexus Injury. Magn Reson Imaging (In Press): 2007
40. Nath RK, Lyons AB and Bietz G. Microneurolysis and decompression of long thoracic nerve injury are effective in reversing scapular winging: Long-term results in 50 cases. BMC Musculoskelet Disord: 2007, 8:25.
41. Nath RK, Lyons AB, Melcher SE and Paizi M. Surgical correction of the medial rotation contracture in obstetric brachial plexus palsy. J Bone Joint Surg Br (In Press)

 

Editorials and Letters

• Nath RK. Editorial for inaugural issue of Journal of Brachial Plexus and Peripheral Nerve Injury. J Brachial Plex Peripher Nerve Inj.. 2006,1:1. DOI: 10.1186/1749-7221-1-1